My friend brought a Hopkins and Allen .22 revolver over that was his grandfathers. It had a nail for a cylinder pin so I made a new pin. The pin latch was worn out and I made a new one. The hard part was to make a new trigger spring because it was broken too. Flat, bent springs are tough. The gun works like a charm now.
Last edited by 44man; 04-10-2009 at 05:41 PM.
Good on you. You got another old timer back amongst the living again. I love to see those old timers being used as was intended. Regards, Woody
Take a kid along
Thats great, those old guns should be shot not spend their golden years in a box.
You may now refer to yourself as Newlife Giver.
grit yer teeth an pull the trigger
Nice! I like those old guns. Can you shoot modern shells in it? I have an old forehand & wadsworth 32 but haven't shot it. The flat trigger spring is weak & needs to be reheatreated.
I dropped a LR shell in the cylinder and it sticks out the front. I guess it was made for shorts or longs.
. . . and no "High Speed" of either length for sure. He knows that, right?Originally Posted by 44man
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Cogito, ergo armatum sum.
(I think, therefore I'm armed.)
He will when he picks it up. I have a bunch of standard shorts to shoot out of it and I will tell him those are the only ones to shoot.
I am also going to give him a little dowel to push empties out with. Removing the cylinder every time is what wore out the latch so that the pin fell out and got lost.
I just hope my trigger spring holds up, darn I hate to make folded springs.
I checked Gun Parts first and they didn't have a thing for the gun.
I can't wait to shoot the old timer though.
Does anyone have a book that shows the value? It can't be worth a lot except as a keepsake.
44man. Brownells used to carry them and had an asst. too. Havent checked in awhile. I still have 2 or 3. I mainly get Iver Johnsons in but only about 1 a year
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